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It’s the right 90% you need!

Fair point, but Grundy wasn’t cheap even with Pies paying part of his salary.

List management definitely needs a review as not sure who we have traded in since 2021 has helped the team vs May, Lever, Langdon, Hibberd all contributed to the flag winning team.

Collingwood 🤮 bully us, makes me want to 🤮 Maynard and Cox both snipers and we never respond! Backup ruckman for Gawn needs to be hard at it! Need one or two hard players! May, Salem, Viney, Hibberd even Brayshaw went hard in 2021 GF. May and Salem dropped off since then.

What’s the score please

The loss to Carlton in the finals last year was totally on the players goal kicking, missed about 8 shots in a row in the third quarter!

TMac extension well deserved Seems as if Tomlinson will go and personally I wouldn’t extend Hore, too slow when he gets the ball to make a decision and not good enough against better teams.

Unfortunately after his knee injury it reduced his speed and flexibility, that really limited him to filling in for May in the backline. The backline was too slow with May, Lever and Tomlinson.

Tracs actions created friction and a lot of alarmist media reporting. Obviously all hasn’t been right at the club, so it might be the spark that inadvertently helps us turn the corner. Roffey, Stafford and a few other changes may help us change direction and get back on the right track. It would be a pity if we can’t win another flag as it would be a waste of three of the most talented players to play for the Demons in the last fifty years in Max, Trac and Oliver!

Definitely. Jordan had his chance in last years finals and didn’t step up at all!

Lions: Zorko 🤮🤮🤮 Daniher 🤮🤮 Cameron 🤮 Cats 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 Hawks 🤮🤮🤮🤮 Hoping for Swans or Giants!!!!!!!!!

What was the score?

Lions Cats Hawks Blues

I’m a little tired of all the drama player and board wise. What I would like to see: - injury free preseason for all Demon players and particularly Trac, Oliver, Gawn, Petty, Viney, Salem and May. Also McAdam to see if he can really play. Last preseason was really bad and it heavily impacted this year. - new forward and midfield coaches. - few board changes. - one great draft pick and two good ones. - get at least one if not two top 23 players in trading period. One May or Lever type quality player adds a lot to the team. - we must have a bit up our sleeve in salary cap, use it wisely. - good draw (Tigers twice)! Play Freo once! - then stability. Board level down.

Unfortunately bigger supporter base clubs = FIXture = more money for AFL! Demons had our great period mid 50s - 64, twenty years too early!

Another AFL fix aside from the fixture is the one man MRO - Christian (Collingwood) nothing to see here in Maynard takes out Brayshaw and he already had a couple of other shots prior in the first ten minute's of the game. Then Kossi immediately gone 3 weeks via MRO as Moore goes low creating half the problem! Total BS one person does MRO, at least he should be replaced on Collingwood games, as he is biased, even if subconsciously!

Agree 100%.

Papley was hellbent on leaving the Swans and that situation turned around as he was on a multi year contract. Trac also has a great multi year contract. Hopefully Max, the leadership team and Goodwin can turn things around with Trac if he is really disgruntled. The injury on KB seemed poorly handled, hopefully the club can review its protocols and address any lingering issue on that front. Clearing out any players not committed to achieving the high performance required to give us a shot at another flag in the not too distant future is also mandatory.

Dermie hates Melbourne so great to stick it up him!

Oliver, Trac, May out and Kossie quiet. Pre game would have said 5-10 goal loss, great effort from the Demons who stood up! Jack Viney take a BOW! Turner, JVR and Petty make a statement for 2025 forward line! It was a a grand day! Beat those filthy scum next week, hopefully with someone flattening Maynard and would be the perfect end to the season! Go Demons!

I would also be letting Hore go, he is very very slow when he gets the ball, much rather try a kid!

There are some people on Demonland you just need to block. Re Oliver, expectations on the back of 4 B&Fs and two AFL coaches awards mean people have a high performance bar for Clarrie! While by his standards it has been an ordinary year, by the average player his year would be treated as solid/good. The real issue I have is people saying trade him, trade Trac, trade Viney etc. Just get them all fit and have full pre seasons, then judge the Demons at end of next year and Goodwin for that matter! I think I posted a comment from Mark Williams about injuries to top players, re soldier out soldier in comment trotted out by coaches. He said it was total rubbish you can’t replace a top 5 player with player rated 24-28! He was at Amateurs at the time. Finishing the year early, resting some players, getting full preseasons into our best players, get in one or two decent draft picks and get a trade or two right and we just might have a good year in 2025!

Nervous over the preseason, particularly with Oliver struggling the Brayshaw having to retire! The first Freo game was horrific, followed by Trac going down against the Pies totally finished it!

17 coaches fail every year, maybe only 16 as someone usually gets praised for improved performance, likely Mitchell this year! While I don’t necessarily think Goodwin is a great coach, he has taken us to a flag, and multiple finals. Last year we were very close, had any one off Melksham not gone down in the last game, Brayshaw hit in shoulder rather than head, and Grundy used in the finals, I think we may have won another flag. Even the recent efforts against Port, GWS and the Lions, particularly Port with a weaker and ill team losing by a kick have been solid efforts and well coached. Dogs was disappointing and we don’t seem to be able to match up to Freo at all! Many Swans supporters don’t like Longmire, for 10 years Cats supporters said Scott only won one flag that was gifted to him! Then he won a second in a 14 year period! Coaching is a ruthless business, Goodwin might not be the best, but is a long way from the worst! When you judge this years effort look at what happened pre season and injury wise: - Brayshaw retired, was in our best 5 players last year - Smith suspended, almost the perfect sub, providing cover in multiple positions forward and back - Oliver limited pre season, winner of two coaches award best player in league, four B& Fs - Trac missed half season - May missed 5/6 and played multiple with broken ribs - Petty disrupted pre season never 100% - Salem pre season disrupted - Bowey, Lever in season injuries - Spargo missed the season Oliver and Trac are 2 of top 10 players in the league when fit, almost impossible to replace, May is one of top 3-4 backs in the league. The fact we’ve been in the mix this season is a testament to Godwin’s coaching!

Everything with hindsight and additional information is easy to judge! The role of a club doctor is undoubtedly a challenging role. Duty of care is a major challenge for the clubs, hopefully the Demons are reviewing their process.